Let me offer some hard-learned advice,
About struggle and sacrifice.
No matter how strong you are,
One day you will think twice,
And denounce every scar.
“Life is not worth living anymore”,
You will say…but you must endure!
For those few precious moments…
Of joyfulness…so pure.
Life’s in the experience,
So fight on with great valor!
K. Aldaya, 1/22/23
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Honor,
Devoted to the code.
Don’t roil me up or payment will be your soul.
For honor is manifest,
In each deads’, deep-black, dug-hole.
Honor.
Truer than the truest,
Conditions of…
Of life and love: to rise above,
The tragedy;
Be much more,
Then all wisdoms and vict’ries thereof.
Honor.
Don’t you dare tear it down!
For protection’s reassured with life and limb;
As honor is fought and bled,
With fervent and blustering-hymn.
K. Aldaya, 9/20/06
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My Soul is a Lock Without a Key 
